{"id":746117,"date":"2026-04-22T20:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/746117\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T20:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:46:20","slug":"astros-2-0-guardians-apr-22-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/746117\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros 2-0 Guardians (Apr 22, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

CLEVELAND — \u2014 Yordan Alvarez<\/a> hit his major league-leading 11th home run and Peter Lambert<\/a> pitched six scoreless innings, leading the Houston Astros<\/a> to a 2-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Alvarez’s two-run shot in the first inning off Tanner Bibee<\/a> (0-3) helped the Astros win two of three in the series. Before coming to Cleveland, Houston started 1-9 on the road and dropped eight straight away games.<\/p>\n

Lambert (1-1) held the Guardians to three hits in just his second start of 2026. The right-hander began the season at Triple-A Sugar Land before being brought up when the Astros endured a slew of injuries to their starting staff.<\/p>\n

Lambert worked out of a two-on jam in the fourth by striking out Cleveland star Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez and Kyle Manzardo<\/a>. He fanned eight.<\/p>\n

Four Astros relievers completed the combined five-hitter with Enyel De Los Santos<\/a> getting the final four outs for his third save.<\/p>\n

Alvarez has been among baseball’s hottest hitters. He went 3 for 4, extended his hitting streak to nine games and his on-base streak to 18 and homered for the fourth time in six games.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s just really good,” Astros manager Joe Espada quipped earlier in the series.<\/p>\n

Alvarez, who was limited to 48 games last season because of injuries, came in leading the majors in homers, extra-base hits and total bases and was tied for first in RBI.<\/p>\n

Houston’s hard-hitting designated hitter got the Astros on the board in the first when he yanked a hanging curveball from Bibee 422 feet over the right-field wall.<\/p>\n

Alvarez and Lance Berkman (2002) are the only Astros players to homer 11 times in the season’s first 26 games.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Astros: After an off day, Houston begins a three-game home series against the Yankees with Lance McCullers Jr<\/a>. (1-1, 6.20 ERA) starting.<\/p>\n

Guardians: RHP Gavin Williams<\/a> (3-1, 2.12) opens a three-game series in Toronto on Friday.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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